List $80.00

Written by Sholom Aleichem, Isaac B. Singer, et al - Performed by Peter Riegert, Jeff Goldblum, et al - Anthology - Fiction

9 CASSETTES - 13 hours - Publisher, National Yiddish Book Center (1995)

Hosted by Leonard Nimoy, the series captures the rich and diverse legacy of modern Jewish life through 31 short stories by Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, I.L. Peretz, Grace Paley, Philip Roth and many others. Performed by 26 of the finest actors of stage and screen, including Alan Alda, Lauren Bacall, Claire Bloom, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Walter Matthau, and Rhea Perlman. The series features original music by Hankus Netsky, founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. From a boisterous wedding thrown by a Jewish gangster in Odessa to an unorthodox Christmas play in the Bronx, these stories range from the hilarious to the tragic, capturing the humor, vitality, conflicts and contradictions of modern Jewish life. Written in English or translated from Yiddish, Hebrew or Russian, the stories come to life in readings by leading actors of stage and screen. Each story reflects the wide range of secular, religious, political and cultural experiences of immigrant Jews from Russia, Poland and other countries of Eastern Europe.